Prevalence of occupational injury and associated factors among building construction workers in Dessie town, Northeast Ethiopia; 2018

Gebremeskel, Teferi Gebru; Tadesse, Takele

doi:10.1186/s13104-019-4436-4

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“…Characteristics Of Original Articles In this study to estimate the pooled magnitude of work related injury a total of 8025 workers from MSWM, construction and textile industry were involved. Concerning geographical distribution of the studies, the 17 studies were obtained from the four regions of the country: six studies from Addis Ababa (10,19,(21)(22)(23)30), three from Oromia (24,27,29), seven (7) from Amhara (11,17,18,20,25,26,28), and one from Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) (29). The highest prevalence of occupational injury and illness (84.7%) was reported in Addis Ababa (10) whereas the lowest prevalence (31.4%) was reported from a study done in Arba Minch (SNNPR) (9).…”

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“…Lastly the pooled odds of work related injury among those workers using PPE was 52% less than those who did not use PPE at work place (0.48 (95%CI: 0.36, 0.65)). To calculate the pooled odds ratio of alcohol drinking habit (9,11,17,18,26,28,30,31), cigarette smoking habit (18,24,26,30,31), khat chewing habit (9, 22, 26-28, 30, 31), work related stress (9,20,26,29,30), level of education (9,11,18,24,26,30,31), and use of PPE (9,11,18,19,22,26,27,(29)(30)(31) reports of a minimum of 5 to 10 studies were included.…”

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Work related injury and its disparity across selected occupations in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Gietaneh

Simieneh

Alene

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BackgroundGlobally, work related injury has been continued as a major public health problem. In Ethiopia there are few fragmented empirical studies particularly among workers of fast growing sectors and there is no a national representative study on work related injury. Therefore, this study aims to determine the magnitude of occupational injury and to identify its predictors among construction, textile and municipal solid waste management workers in Ethiopia.Objectiveto determine magnitude of Work related injury and its disparity across selected occupations in EthiopiaMethod:Both published and unpublished articles conducted in Ethiopia on work related injury were searched between the periods 12 October, 2019 to 15 December, 2019. Random effect model was employed to estimate the overall magnitude of occupational injury and its predictors.ResultsThe overall magnitude of work related injury was 39.35% (95% CI: 27.40, 51.30%). Subgroup analysis revealed that there was slight disparity across occupations and regions. Drinking alcohol, smoking cigarette, khat chewing habit, work related stress, level of education and utilization of PPE were significantly associated with work related injury.ConclusionThis study found that more than 1 in 3 workers had at least one occupational injury at work. There was slight disparity across occupations and regions. It is strongly recommend that health education programs about the risk of substance use on occupational injury and apply strict occupational safety practices regulations should be strengthened.

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Work related injury and its disparity across selected occupations in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Gietaneh

Simieneh

Alene

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“…Subjectively, many contractors indicated that they felt investing in PPE was not warranted. There have been several other studies that reported PPE use and other aspects of safety among building construction workers in Africa [8][9][10][11][12]. Alemu et al interviewed 206 building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.…”

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“…Occupational safety and health is less developed in low-and middle income countries (LMICs) than in high income countries [7]. In particular as regards construction safety in Africa, there have been only a small number of studies, primarily from East Africa and on building construction [8][9][10][11][12]. Gebremeskel and Yimer found a high annual prevalence of injury (33%), but also found that safety training and use of PPE lowered risk of injury [9].…”

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“…In particular as regards construction safety in Africa, there have been only a small number of studies, primarily from East Africa and on building construction [8][9][10][11][12]. Gebremeskel and Yimer found a high annual prevalence of injury (33%), but also found that safety training and use of PPE lowered risk of injury [9]. Two studies looked at self-reported PPE use by construction workers in Uganda and Ethiopia, nding rates of use of any PPE of 16-38% [8,12].…”

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On-Site Personal Protective Equipment Signage and Use by Road Construction Workers in Ghana: A Comparative Study of Foreign- and Locally-Owned Companies

Yankson¹,

Nsiah-Achampong²,

Okyere³

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Background: Road construction work has its own specific set of risks and safety issues. It has not been adequately addressed in most low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of personal protective equipment (PPE) use during road construction activities by workers in foreign-owned against locally-owned road construction companies in Ghana.Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional survey was undertaken during January – March, 2020 to study 389 road construction workers who were actively working on site. They were unobtrusively observed to capture whether or not they wore the appropriate PPE at the time of the survey. The PPE of interest were: hard hat, goggles, shoes, nose masks, hearing protection, gloves, and reflective vests/apparel. On-site posted PPE signage was also checked. Results: Majority of workers were labourers (53.5%) and males (96.9%). Similar numbers of workers in foreign-owned (194) and locally-owned (195) companies were studied. Use of PPE varied considerably by type: goggles (11.3%), hard hat (27.0%), safety shoes (78.7%), gloves (30.6%), hearing protection (10.8%), reflective vest (44.5%) and nose mask (17.2%). For all types of PPE, use was higher among workers in foreign-owned companies compared with locally-owned companies: goggles (Odds ratio [OR] 55.2), hard hat (OR 20.2), safety shoes (OR 4.1), gloves (OR 23.7), hearing protection (OR 52.0), reflective vest (OR 5.3) and nose mask (OR 17.8) (p<0.001 for all ORs). No site had any signage to promote PPE use. Conclusions: Majority of workers used safety shoes. Less than half of workers used other types of PPE and use of some types (goggles and hearing protection) was minimal. Workers in foreign-owned companies were significantly more likely to use all of the types of PPE. Although there is still room for improvement in foreign-owned companies, locally-owned companies should be able to attain similar PPE use to that in foreign-owned companies. Road construction companies should place a premium on health and safety issues by hiring safety managers with professional training, providing staff with PPE, and training them on proper usage, as well as adopting safety protocols.

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Factors associated with poor sleep quality among construction workers in Arba Minch town, Ethiopia: A cross‐sectional study

Wendimu,

Meshesha

2023

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Background and AimsSleep is critical for human physical and cognitive health. Even though poor sleep quality had a major negative impact on workers' health and safety, there is a scarcity of study that attempts to demonstrate its magnitude and causative factors in labor‐intensive environments.MethodsA cross‐sectional study design was employed. A total of 423 individuals were selected using a simple random sampling technique, starting from April 1, 2020 to May 1, 2020. Interviews were administered using the validated and pretested Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) tool. EpiData version 4.4.3.1 was used for data entry and SPSS version 25 for analysis. To associate factors with poor sleep quality binary logistic regression model was fitted at 95% confidence interval (CI). A p < 0.25 and p < 0.05 were used to declare association in bivariable and multivariable analysis, respectively.ResultsA total of 415 building construction workers take part in this study, with a response rate of 98.1%. A PSQI global score showed 66.3% (95% CI: [0.63, 0.71]) of construction workers suffering from poor sleep quality. Working hours, work experience, previous injury status, managerial support on occupational safety and health, cigarette smoking, and job satisfaction were the factors that were associated with poor sleep quality significantly.ConclusionsTwo‐thirds of construction workers suffer from poor sleep quality. Risk factors include shorter working years, longer working hours, prior injury, lack of managerial support, cigarette smoking, and low job satisfaction. Efficient health education and promotion through taking the identified associated factors into account could help reduce poor sleep quality.

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Prevalence of occupational injury and associated factors among building construction workers in Dessie town, Northeast Ethiopia; 2018

Cited by 33 publications

References 13 publications

Work related injury and its disparity across selected occupations in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Work related injury and its disparity across selected occupations in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

On-Site Personal Protective Equipment Signage and Use by Road Construction Workers in Ghana: A Comparative Study of Foreign- and Locally-Owned Companies

Factors associated with poor sleep quality among construction workers in Arba Minch town, Ethiopia: A cross‐sectional study

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